Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein are uncommon in Japanese opticospinal multiple sclerosis

Sudarshini Ramanathan; Shinya Sato; Takuya Matsushita; Katsuhisa Masaki; Ryo Yamasaki; Russell C Dale; Jun-Ichi Kira; Fabienne Brilot

doi:10.1177/1352458515586089

Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein are uncommon in Japanese opticospinal multiple sclerosis

Mult Scler. 2016 Jan;22(1):127-8. doi: 10.1177/1352458515586089. Epub 2015 May 26.

Authors

Sudarshini Ramanathan¹, Shinya Sato², Takuya Matsushita³, Katsuhisa Masaki², Ryo Yamasaki², Russell C Dale⁴, Jun-Ichi Kira², Fabienne Brilot⁵

Affiliations

¹ Neuroimmunology Group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Kids Research Institute at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Medical School, Australia Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
² Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
³ Department of Neurological Therapeutics, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
⁴ Neuroimmunology Group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Kids Research Institute at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Medical School, Australia.
⁵ Neuroimmunology Group, Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Kids Research Institute at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Medical School, Australia Fabienne.brilot@sydney.edu.au.

PMID: 26014606
DOI: 10.1177/1352458515586089

No abstract available

Keywords: Japanese opticospinal multiple sclerosis; Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies; bilateral optic neuritis; longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis; neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Autoantibodies / blood*
Child
Female
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Sclerosis / blood*
Multiple Sclerosis / cerebrospinal fluid
Multiple Sclerosis / pathology
Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein / immunology*
Young Adult

Substances

Autoantibodies
Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein

Supplementary concepts

Opticospinal Multiple Sclerosis